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Miles Archer

(24,448 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 07:40 PM 8 hrs ago

"NOT the ONION"...UFC CEO wants to "add fans around the venue" at Trump's W.H. wrestling event to chase away gnats

This is all happening amid reports of a "bug infestation" that Dana White, UFC CEO and MAGA supporter, has expressed could be a problem for the large-scale event.

"President Trump just opened the Rose Garden two nights ago, and he invited me to dinner there. The amount of gnats that were flying around. I’m like, 'Holy s--t,'" White said during an episode of the Boardroom podcast.

"As soon as I got on the plane, I called my head of production and said, 'Yeah, let me tell you about the gnat situation tonight,'" White said. "So when you’re a fighter, think about that lighting grid, the amount of power in the lights… moths, gnats, and God knows what else."

White said they could add fans surrounding the venue to help stop the bugs because "gnats have a hard time in the wind."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ufc-fight-white-house/

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"NOT the ONION"...UFC CEO wants to "add fans around the venue" at Trump's W.H. wrestling event to chase away gnats (Original Post) Miles Archer 8 hrs ago OP
Too many dog peckers around the White House, House of Roberts 8 hrs ago #1
... 2naSalit 8 hrs ago #2
I guess there are no other options... lapfog_1 8 hrs ago #3
"...gnats have a hard time in the wind." J_William_Ryan 7 hrs ago #4
"Gnat gonna do it."--Pappy Bush RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 6 hrs ago #5
😆 MerryBlooms 5 hrs ago #10
DC in the summer, yup!! WarGamer 6 hrs ago #6
Biden sent them! Open an investigation! scipan 6 hrs ago #7
Hopefully swarmed with dangerous mosquitos as well durablend 6 hrs ago #8
An old fishing trick for the Magas out there - taxi 6 hrs ago #9
Then pay for em ya fuck purr-rat beauty 5 hrs ago #11
Bats! Bayard 5 hrs ago #12
RELEASE THE GNATS!!! lame54 3 hrs ago #13
Trump's hair will love it lame54 3 hrs ago #14

J_William_Ryan

(3,595 posts)
4. "...gnats have a hard time in the wind."
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:29 PM
7 hrs ago

Trump Cult members – consistently ignorant and stupid.

taxi

(2,761 posts)
9. An old fishing trick for the Magas out there -
Mon May 25, 2026, 10:18 PM
6 hrs ago

Don't be the tastiest person in the boat.
Not that the unwashed masses will be showering before going anyway...

Bayard

(30,375 posts)
12. Bats!
Mon May 25, 2026, 11:07 PM
5 hrs ago

Bats love to dive bomb after the bugs attracted to lights. Now, that would be worth watching.

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